Family and the Life Course

The Family Studies Program in the Department of Sociology offers a unique opportunity to work with active research scholars in the classroom and in individual research projects. Students who complete graduate studies in sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are well prepared to pursue successful careers in the academic and public arenas.

Publications in the Area of Family Sociology with Graduate Students

Stimpson, Jim P., Kimberly A. Tyler, & Dan R. Hoyt. (2005). "Effects of Parental Rejection and Relationship Quality on Depression Among Older Rural Adults." International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 61(3):195-210.

Tyler, Kimberly A., Lisa A. Melander, and HarmoniJoie Noel. (Forthcoming; 2009). "Bidirectional Partner Violence Among Homeless Young Adults: Risk Factors and Outcomes." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24(6).

Tyler, Kimberly A. and Lisa A. Melander. (Forthcoming). "Discrepancies in Reporting of Physical and Sexual Abuse Among Homeless Youth." Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

Faculty Publications in the Area of Family Sociology

Amato, Paul R., and Jacob E. Cheadle. 2008.  “Parental Divorce, Marital Conflict, and Children’s Behavior Problems: A Comparison of Adopted and Biological Children.”  Social Forces, 86(3): 1139-1161.

Amato, Paul R., and Jacob E. Cheadle. 2005.  “The Long Reach of Divorce:  Implications of Marital Dissolution for Three Generations.”  Journal of Marriage and Family, 67(1):191-206.

Brownridge, Douglas A., Diane Hiebert-Murphy, Janice Ristock, Edward K.L. Chan, Agnes Tiwari, Kimberly A. Tyler, and Susy Santos. (2008). "Violence Against Separated, Divorced and Married Women in Canada, 2004." Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 49(3/4):308-329.

Cheadle, Jacob E. 2008. “Educational Investment, Family Context, and Children’s Math and Reading Growth from Kindergarten through Third Grade.”  Sociology of Education, 81:1.

Falci, Christina D.  2006.  “Family Structure, Closeness to Residential and Non-Residential Parents, and Psychological Distress in Early and Middle Adolescence.” The Sociological Quarterly 47:123-146.

Goosby, Bridget J., and Jacob E. Cheadle.  2009 (Forthcoming). “Birth Weight, Math, and Reading Achievement Growth: A Multilevel Between-Sibling, Between-Families Approach.”  Social Forces.

McMorris, Barbara, Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, and Dan R. Hoyt. (2002). "Familial and on-the street Risk Factors Associated with Alcohol Use among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63:34-43.

Tyler, Kimberly A. and Ana Mari Cauce. (2002). "Perpetrators of Early Physical and Sexual Abuse among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents." Child Abuse & Neglect, 26:1261-1274.

Tyler, Kimberly A. "Social and Emotional Outcomes of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Review of Recent Research." (2002). Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7:567-589.

Tyler, Kimberly A., Ana Mari Cauce, and Les B. Whitbeck. (2004). "Family Risk Factors and Prevalence of Dissassociative Symptoms among Homeless and Runaway Youth." Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(3):355-366.

Tyler, Kimberly A. (2006). "The Impact of Support Received and Support Provision on Changes in Perceived Social Support among Older Adults." International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62(1):21-38.

Whitbeck, Les B., Dan R. Hoyt, and Kimberly A. Tyler.  (2001). "Family Relationship Histories, Intergenerational Relationship Quality, and Depressive Affect among Rural Elderly People." The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 20:214-229.